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Moving over to physical book now. Idk how they work I've heard you have to imagine stuff but idk-

The book though is kinda slowing down and I'm hoping the end is satisfying and not a damn cliffhanger

Starting to roll my eyes now that the 2nd law of thermodynamics is being spoken like a philosophical statement.. she didn't even explain it correctly

Audiobook currently but will switch to psychical soon. First few chapters were a bit of a bore but oh man was it worth it. The philosophy of a non-being god portrayed as change itself is cool but I feel like I'm itching for more explanation/exploration.

Death, as narrator, describes a setting of pity: German citizens crammed into a concrete basement—a makeshift shelter—all holding hands and wiping the tears of children. Air raid sirens lead them there. Death remarks pity but only some, as he remarks the souls he took from washrooms in camps. For them he holds more pity, for at the least the Germans "have a chance for life."

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I wonder what it would be like to live in Nazi Germany, where this book takes place. To be surrounded by fascism. Where minorities are blamed for the country's problems; where men in uniforms question and take people away; and where a loud and stupid voice blares its idiocracy as he allows for hate among people. 😒

Audiobook version

5/5 for me rn

This book is shockingly good

"A large populace held in check by a small but powerful force is a common situation in our universe. This populace may turn...
1. When they find a leader. They must retain control of leaders.
2. When the populace recognizes its chains. Keep the population blind and unquestioning.
3. When the populace perceives a hope of escape from bondage. They must never even believe that escape is possible." (Paraphrased)

"The joy of living, its beauty, is all bound up in the fact that life can surprise you."

Herber somehow turned a sex scene into psychological horror

Ts book is starting to pmo, the psuedo-intellectual monologues of these characters are laughably stupid.

This "old philosopher" character is going on about how the Spanish, by killing the "Aztecs," saved the Americas from bloody primal sacrifice and allowed democracy to flourish.

It's one thing to fall for this colonial propaganda and another to spew it within a sci-fi book. Pmo me off

Narrator pronounced Linux as "Lie-Nix" lolol

Intriguing story 🤓

The random dig at GMO Foods causing birth defects gives me the ick — this book will go so far in science about microwave background radiation and then say some shit about GMOs like whhhat r u doing

audiobook version

Audiobook

Just realized I had watched the first bit of the movie adaptation — it's shocking how much better the book is immediately imo

Enjoying this more than the first book; 4/5 for me rn

>open sci-fi book
>incest themes 🗣️

Audiobook again

Audiobook version

The colonial undertones can't be ignored once noticed. Still fun

Almost read a Graham Hancock novel, consider myself lucky

3 months no reading brrrrrr

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